There’s nothing quite like Chasing the Tiger” for 4 days.

“I’m getting ready to hit right over ya’ll” Tiger told us.  Nobody moved.  I’m sure somebody wanted to say, “go ahead, we’re crazy enough to keep laying here.”

Security finally came and made us move over.  That was Tiger’s last hit before pulling out, withdrawing or whatever it was.  Tiger’s a trip to follow.  After he left The Players Championship in Jacksonville this past weekend, life became simpler for me, for the media and I’m sure for Tiger too.

This wasn't the first time he hit out of the gallery at the TPC.

Tiger withdraws at 2 over par for the day after seven holes

Not a media circus at all.

Tiger coming out of the on site fitness and therapy center

One of the other PGA players said he thought his neck would hurt too if he slept on the couch for 3 months!

Listening to – Tracy Chapman – I sing for you

It’s Pollen Season ! Charged with illustrating a story on the pollen season, I illustrated it outrageously normal for Tallahassee and north Florida! It took three days to perfect the color of my talcum powder and another half afternoon to set the strobes, decorate the model and shoot.  I shot it on 2 1/4 film, […]

This is a shoot I did recently for Research in Review magazine of north Florida filmmaker Victor Nunez (Ulee’s Gold, Ruby in Paradise and Coastlines). This was a fun shoot that included Nunez, myself and three assistants that I boated to an oyster bar off the coast at Shell Point.  Nunez teaches at the Florida […]

I started trying to find these negatives just before Thanksgiving.  I wanted to blog about being thankful that life had not shifted in this direction for me or most of the people I know. While that can no longer be said, I wanted to post these images I shot in the late ’80s anyway.   I […]

What a fitting ending to the Bowden era that I’ve covered for 28 years. Listening to: Natalie Merchant – Kind and Generous

David Hobby, internationally known over at his blog, The Strobist has called me out by dredging up some ugly memories from a Florida vs Florida State football game in the early 80s. David was a photo intern at the Tallahassee Democrat from the University of Florida.  While not as good as interns from Western Kentucky, […]

A beautiful Christmas sunset gift

A look at a few of the hurricanes to hit the Gulf coast over the years.

FSU basketball coach Pat Kennedy cover shot prior to the basketball season

I shot Ronnye Nelson, a running back at Valdosta State, for the New York Times.